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Demons, Snow And Kunai	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 3683 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Naruto sat up in bed, eyes clear and no signs of pain, his top pulled up to hang down around his neck and HIDE the fact he was obviously breast-feeding both very hungry twins, an blush of embarrassment on his face "can you guys not stare at me like that, please?"
Instead the group OGGLED him.
Tsunade was the first to move or speak, she yelled "Stupid baka!", cuffed him over the back of the head-although not really anywhere near hard, careful of his condition and what he was holding in both arms-and continued, voice taunt with mixed emotions "we thought we were going to loose you!"
"You should know by now it's not that easy, baachan" he tried to look around "where's Gen?"
"Here" Lazard moved aside to show him the unconscious other on the bed, face as pale as his had been but still as handsome and young as the man they saw on the discs all that time ago, despite the changes "How did you meet him, let alone persuade him to help you escape?"
"His brother is the leader of the group who grabbed me. Apparently one of Dr Harker's colleges found out about me and how Aeris was this worlds reincarnation and was actually working for this group. When he told them Gens' brother took it as danger to their plans to resurrect Sephiroth and that was why they grabbed me." he clutched Aeris closer and his head and shoulders hunched over the twins, Sasuke moved closer instantly, body sheltering them, both his demon and animal as well as his human instincts demanding he comfort his mate and young, protect them from any conceivable threat-real or otherwise.
"When Gen found out he argued with him, telling him that Aeris had nothing to do with Sephiroth, that she was just an newborn and couldn't threaten their plans. When his brother left I told Genesis everything I knew, about the nightmare, about father and what happened, about how Seph was my half-older brother through both our fathers, about everyone here and my family and my life. I told him how he wasn't alone, that we were ALL Gaia's chosen and not monsters, we were meant to protect her, not hurt her and how Hojo had lied and spread all those files and fake information to manipulate everyone to do what he wanted. I told him about what Lazard told us about mother Gaia and he asked if I meant someone called Mervinea and I told him yes. I listened when he read Loveless to me..." he smiled shyly down at Grimoire "the little brat here loved it. Every time he read, Gri here would listen and lay still and if he stopped he started kicking, hard, and I told him so."
The smile was soon gone. "When they came to take the twins from me, I pleaded him to stop them, to not let them take my children, but it wasn't until I awoke, in so much pain and so weak, that I heard he had betrayed them. He had continued to act like he was one of them until they gave him the babies to take to another room where they would kill them" his head dropped into the croak of Sasuke's neck with a chocked sob "only Genesis was missing, he had taken the babies and gone and I could only hope he was taking them home, to my family."
"He did that" Tifa said "he brought them straight to us and before we could stop him and help, had gone to free you."
Naruto smiled weakly at the unconscious other "that doesn't surprise me about him. He seemed very loyal and loved his brother" he shifted the twins and grabbed Vincent's arm desperately "father you have to protect him, they'll come for him and try to kill him for what he did. But he did it to save my life!"
"What do you mean?" they asked and Naruto looked at them "he killed his brother. He confronted him when he came back to save me and they fought. He didn't want to fight his brother, he kept trying to talk to him and tell him they were supposed to protect this world, but he wouldn't listen! He knocked him down and was moving to kill me, I was in too much pain to concentrate to use a jutsu, I was helpless, but in one move Gen got between me and him and stabbed him on his sword as well as taking his!" He trembled against Sasuke and Tifa saw the twins react to his upset, their little fists tightening convulsingly around his hair.
"Then he's allowed to stay" Jiriaya said "he's proven he is one of us by trying to protect one."
The smile Naruto gave his godfather made it all worthwhile.
Tifa turned to Itachi "you're reaction to Grimoire's eyes before, what was it? Why did it alarm you?"
"It is a sign of his Uchiha, Senju and Uzumaki blood being dominant" he looked around at the group "none of you recognize it?" While the others shrugged, Naruto looked thoughtful "I saw them briefly when I first awoke, they kinda looked like that guy Pain's eyes, why?"
"Exactly Naruto. It's called the Rinnegan and it comes from the Uchiha mixed with the SenjuUzumaki blood. Madara had it and gave it to Pain because his Uzumaki blood would allow him access to it."
"What do you mean?"
"You remember the story of the final battle between Madara and the First Hokage using the Kyuubi, the one that supposedly Madara died in?"
When they nodded Tifa made a sound of confusion, so the group told the others the story of the founding of their village and the legendary fight between the Uchiha-using his sharingan to control Kyuubi, and the First ever Hokage, Tsunade's grandfather.
They then looked at the Uchiha heir "so?"
"Madara survived that fight, though barely. To heal himself he took blood and tissue samples of the First left at the battle site and used his cells to help heal himself. However the Senju and Uzumaki clans have been interbreeding long before Tsunade's generation, even before Naruto's parents so eventually those cells had an...interesting effect on Madara's body. Not only could he use the First's Wood Techniques, but the cells mutated the sharingan, creating the Rinnegan. Madara gave his eyes eventually to Pain while he used his brothers, allowing him to use the Eternal Sharingan."
While Tsunade cursed about her grandfather's signature attack in the hands of other than family-let alone an enemy, Shizune spoke "And Kabuto gave you Madara's eyes when Sasuke took yours."
He nodded, the black changing, first to the basic style, then they merged to become something completely different to what they had seen on Sasuke that first day.
"So because of his Uchiha blood from Sasuke, the Senju inherited from Minato through Naruto and the Uzumaki from Kushina, he has the Rinnegan."
Itachi nodded again "at one point I thought that I could use Sasuke to be the one to stop Pain and Madara, but in the end he continued to be manipulated by those around him" he glared at his brother "Orochimaru, what were you thinking-or not thinking-little brother. I leave so the snake couldn't get his slimy hands on either of us, and YOU walk right into his open arms."
"I could handle him, I knew I was positive I could" he said, followed by angrily glaring back "all I wanted was revenge. If YOU had of just told me the truth in the first place..."
"You would have betrayed our home, and lead an personal crusade against an entire village for revenge for what you think I was forced to do, just to get at THEM."
Sasuke shifted, uncomfortable at the truth "do you think you would have what you do now, if that had of happened?" he motioned at Naruto and the twins, Naruto using his attention to hand Grimoire over to his father, putting Aeris to his shoulder and gently burping her while Sasuke mimicked him.
"When I realized you had gone beyond that point, I had to change my plans. If I....gifted Naruto with a portion of my chakra I thought it would awaken the same ability in him, but it seemed his Uzumaki was too strong to allow the exsistance of any Senju blood to surface. Both Shisui and I WERE...."
"Shisui, the Uchiha's most powerful Genjutsu user?! Shisui The Teleporter!? The man YOU killed to activate the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
Itachi hesitated then spoke "I didn't kill him, we faked his death. He faked his death and I helped so he could leave." He looked at Naruto "do you remember the crows I sent through your body during the genjutsu?"
He nodded, looking uncomfortable, then suddenly seemed to realize "that's how you implanted me with some of your chakra!"
"I suppose it's not necessary anymore. With your connection to my brother, you have gained Uchiha blood through him. Besides, it seems your children are to become what I had hoped of Sasuke" his eyes locked to Naruto and before anyone could speak, the blonde was gripping his stomach, coughing violently.
Before anyone could react, something black and feathered was pushing out of his mouth, flying around the room a few times to land on Itachi's shoulder.
A crow, a crow with one black, one Sharingan eye. Naruto coughed a few more times then spoke, "that's gross!"
"Itachi" Tsunade spoke, her voice deadly calm, "I think I understand your actions but next time you do something like that...." she left the rest of the threat unfinished.
"Wait" Jiriaya said "why and how does it have an sharingan eye?"
"It's Shisui's eye, isn't it" Tsunade said and Itachi nodded "I programmed an genjutsu into it to protect Leaf and put it into the crow, then gave that crow to Naruto. It was an fail safe, I had hoped to use it on Sasuke.
The mark of an true shinobi is self-sacrifice, they don't seek glory, they protect from the shadows, Shisui taught me that. He anticipated a battle would ensure for his eyes, so he faked his death and had me make it so it seemed his eyes were destroyed.
When I last saw Shisui, Danzo had taken his right eye. He left his remaining left eye to me and told me to use it to protect the village, then disappeared. I gave that eye to Naruto because he shared Shisui's feelings. If Sasuke ever became a threat to the village then I would have violated all that Shisui entrusted me to do. The only one who could put it right was Naruto.
When Naruto said he saw Sasuke as a brother I could see even more from that in him, even if he was unaware at the time, he was the only one who could stop him.
In his quest for the Eternal Sharingan Sasuke planned on transferring my eyes into himself. If that ever happened the crow was supposed to emerge from Naruto in response to him coming in contact with the transplanted eyes and cast the Koto Amatsukami to protect Leaf onto Sasuke. That was my plan."
"Why didn't you cast that jutsu on Sasuke from the start, using Shisui's eye?"
"It's not that I didn't, I couldn't, not at that time. Shisui's Mangekyo would take decades to reactivate, unless you had Hashirama Senju's chakra. Also there were many things Sasuke wanted to use my death for."
"Wait!" Sasuke said "that's why you kept pushing me to kill Naruto! Once it came to that fight, the crow would emerge and the genjutsu would take affect! The only reason it didn't at The Valley At The End was it wasn't ready to activate yet!"
Itachi nodded, looked thoughtfully at the crow then black flames suddenly engulfed it.
"Itachi! Why did you...?!"
"You found your way back. Naruto may have forced you back, but YOU decided to return to him yourself. Without an way back there IS no Leaf to protect anymore. It's purpose is over."
"You said Danzo had Shisui's right eye. Why would my sensei's rival want an Sharingan eye?"
Itachi's look said it all 'you have to ask when you know the answer to that?'
"THAT BASTARD!" she cursed.
Itachi spoke "he was Madara's co-conspirator in Hidden Leaf. There was a reason he was the first to order me to kill our clan when The Third was out of the village. It wasn't just Shisui's eye he wanted. Once our clan was dead he had one of his ROOT members..."
"NO!" Sasuke stood up quickly, screaming his denial. Grimoire on his shoulder jerked and started to cry, disturbed out of his light doze, confused by his father's anger and anguish.
"Teme!" Naruto snapped "you're upsetting your son!" Sasuke visibly fought to relax, slowly sitting back down and moving the baby back to lay down in his arms properly, giving the tiny hand a finger to clutch and drag to his mouth to suck on while he rocked him back to sleep with gentle assurances and calming noises.
Tifa changed the subject, it was obviously getting too serious for Sasuke "I didn't think you guys would be experienced with children-babies really-at your age."
Naruto grinned at her cheekily, one letter and two words "D rank missions."
"Huh?" she said.
Tsunade spoke "part of an graduated ninja's training include D-rank missions around the village. They can be anywhere from weeding a villagers garden to fixing fences."
"And babysitting" Naruto grinned.
Tsunade nodded "each D rank has an hidden meaning, weeding a garden teaches what herbs are usable if needed in the outside during a mission, fixing fences can help with building physical defenses-say barriers from enemies."
"And babysitting?" Tifa asked, although she was starting to suspect something of this.
"Say you're on a mission to protect an rich man and his family from enemies" Naruto started "they are attacked and you hide with the family. How long will you stay hidden with an screaming child or crying infant?"
Tifa understood "so you do babysitting to gain experience in dealing with babies and children."
Naruto nodded.
"Naruto was always good with kids" Shizune said "even before the missions, his friendship with Kohonamaru is proof of that."
Naruto chocked on a laugh at this, Aeris gurgling at her 'mother' as he did. Naruto smiled down at her before speaking "I'd hardly call the relationship between Kohonamaru and I healthy. He wanted to be Hokage like his grandfather for recognition of WHO he was, not what, and I, well, you know why I wanted it. We were more like rivals."
"Yes but the sort of rivalry you had with Kohonamaru was different than the one with Sasuke. With Kohonamaru you had a friendly rivalry between two people who understand each other. You're rivalry with him pushed him to be the shinobi he is today. With Sasuke it was different. He was your brother, your competition for attention, your competition in battle, YOUR reason to excel. Later he became your love, your reason to fight, your reason to exist past proving everyone else wrong."
Before anyone else could speak there was an knock on the door and Reeve stuck his head in "just informing you that you ninja's are finished and some of my men are repairing things downstairs, so if you hear some loud noises, don't worry. Also...." he looked at Lazard "Rufus is downstairs. He found out about Genesis being here and how he saved Naruto and despite Tsengs continued protests insisted on coming."
Lazard closed his eyes and sighed, visibly struggling with himself "I can not run from him any longer, I SHOULDN'T run any longer. If Sasuke and Itachi can work out their differences after what happened between them, so can I."
"But this is different to us" Sasuke pointed out. "You should go, wait in the bathroom or something" Naruto said to him softly. The look Lazard gave him was pained "Naruto, you want me to HIDE?"
"No, but the situation with Genesis is going to be complicated enough without worrying about anything else. We're gonna have to convince Rufus not only is Gen one of us now, but to let him go despite what he's done-like you. Sorry, La'."
Lazard looked at him seriously for long seconds, Naruto returning his look before he sighed again, moving towards the bathroom "I think I need a long soak, and this wing is a so hard to keep clean and groomed, dirt and dust gets in the most inconvenient of places."
"Thanks La'" Naruto grinned as he went past, grunting and firmly closing the door behind him.
Reeve glanced behind him and when Tsunade motioned to him he joined them inside, Naruto calling the man to his side to introduce him to his children before the blue-clad WRO leader moved to join Shizune and the blonde Hokage to talk in low tones.
When the knock came on the door they could hear Tseng still protesting in a low voice, insisting they should wait a while longer, Naruto and Genesis were badly wounded and properly still unconscious, he would get no answers until the two awoke and until then they may as well wait back at the Shinra Tower.
"It's alright Tseng" Naruto called out, telling him that Lazard wasn't there without words, adding so Rufus wouldn't suspect anything "I'm awake and healed, but Gen's still severely wounded."
Both men entered the room, Tseng slightly behind and to the side of Rufus (to protect his weaker side) and after a quick look around appeared relieved at the absence of the other blonde man. He looked at Vincent who inclined his head very slightly towards the bathroom door, signaling him from one TURK to another where the other man was. Tseng's nod wasn't even what it appeared to be if you didn't know what was going on and to look for it.
However as trained shinobi and with the help of Tifa's guide into barely-there signals even Itachi saw the signals for what they were.
The only ones in the dark were Rufus and Reeve, Rufus because he couldn't see what was going on and Reeve because he was busy with the Hokage and her assistant.
After looking around at who was in the room, Rufus looked at Naruto and Sasuke and his eyes widened at the two bundles they held. "TWO?" he questioned, so Naruto motioned them to his side "yeah, apparently every time Baachan scanned me, and even when father used the materia this little brat" he handed Aeris over to Tseng, aware by now of the previous connection between the two "would hide him from them. She wanted to protect him" he handed Grimoire to Rufus "towards the end I could sense him, but I think he needed the connection to mother Gaia to actually really come into his own being. Aeris told me his name is Grimoire, so did Angeal through Temari, so I think he only came into existence here when his soul could be placed into his proper body." He frowned in concern "I hate to think what would have happened had we never ended up here, would he have died without a soul before he could be born?"
While the two men nursed the babies, Tifa spoke out "I don't think so Naruto. I mean Aeris came from here and her body was there, but she still was fine. Chances are Grimoire would have been so as well."
Naruto didn't speak while both men held the babies before swapping to get their hold of the other.
The minute Grimoire was in Tseng's arms, Aeris in Rufus', both babies yawned and dropped off into an deep sleep, the two men letting Sasuke and Vincent take them carefully from them and place them into the crib together.
"You can't take Gen from us, Ru'" Naruto opened up the serious conversation "he's seriously injured and he got that way not only saving the twins but my own life."
"He saved my family, my mate and my children" Sasuke said, the look he gave the blonde Shinra was firm and dark "without him I would have succumb to the darkness I felt and become an monster our world would never have recovered from." The look he gave the other blonde was just creasing the edge of sanity.
"If the Uchiha was to loose it, we'd ALL be doomed" Jiriaya said "we almost lost him to Orochimaru, if not for Naruto. If we loose the kid he'll turn so fast this world will be destroyed in days. Believe me, the only one who ever had a chance against him was Naru, he'd make your Sephiroth look like an fly. The only only ones who would ever stand even a remote chance against him would be Itachi and maybe Chaos, but that's slim as it is."
"He saved my gaki and niece and nephew" Tsunade said firmly, cracking her knuckles threateningly "unless you are prepared to go to war with our people you won't even consider it. He is officially under the protection of our group."
Everyone else nodded, Vincent and Tifa included, the female fighter adding "and AVALANCHE. You know despite what happened in their past, that Zack and Cloud will defend him."
"What happened wasn't his fault" Naruto defended "what he did in the end wasn't his fault."
They looked at him "what do you mean?"
"Well think about it. First there's the Jenovah cells inside him, influencing him. No one taught him about Mother Gaia or the difference between the two. Second he's an war veteran whose spent so long struggling to live, to survive, now he's deteriorating. Of course every instinct is telling him to do what he has to to survive, now include Jenovah. Third, not only is his body deteriorating, but now his mind. All that is left is Loveless and the thought that Sephiroth can save him, cure him."
"And now? What's to stop him deteriorating again, or becoming another Sephiroth?"
Tsunade spoke "I examined him when Naruto and he first returned. His body has stabilized, the introduction of another’s DNA and genetics into his body-probably through actual physical absorbation-has not only stabilized his entire system but allowed both to co-exist despite traces of grevious wounds. Our theory is that the other was so severely wounded he merged with him to survive. It's rather like an Jinchuuriki and how they work, only he used the wounded others body to boost his own while their minds co-exist. They will share chakra, abilities, strength and so on, but only one mind will dominate, by what Naruto said this Genesis. However I am uncertain if the other will have any sort of control. We'll have to wait and see."
"It is Neo" said a pain-filled voice and all eyes turned to the now conscious figure laying still and weak in the opposite bed.
"Gen!" Naruto lunged with a wince to go to his friends side, but both Sasuke and Tsunade prevented him, holding him down to the mattress and telling him not to move he was still too weak and hurt. When he started to protest he was fine, fully healed, Sasuke cut him off with an meaningful glance at Rufus.
Naruto subsided, for some reason they wanted him to continue in his presence as if still badly injured and even though he wanted to ask why-Rufus was an allie and had NOTHING to do with DeepGround-he subsided and let Sasuke maneuver him back into bed and into a position to put less strain on his stomach, while Tsunade clucked on about opening the wound again and 'pretended' to examine him.
Once Sasuke moved aside and re-took his seat, Naruto's blue eyes went to the figure on the bed, to find the white eyes looking at him. "I'm glad you're alive, Gen. You saved my life, AND the twins, I was so scared...." tears started down his cheeks "if you hadn't helped he would have got me, I was too weak to fight back, and you got hurt in my place" he reached out a hand to the other "I'm sorry you had to betray your brother and the others for me, but I'll always be greatful to you and for you for doing so."
The man's clear eyes blinked a few times at him before slowly reaching out to slide his own ungloved fingers and palm into his, slowly closing his fingers around his as Naruto did also.
Next to the cot, Tifa saw Vincent, who was looking thoughtful since the mention of the name, suddenly frown, looking alarmed by something.
"Vincent?" she questioned and all eyes turned to him "what is it?"
"The name of the other, Neo" he looked at Genesis "the brother.... YOUR brother, it is Weiss, is it not."
The white-eyed man slowly nodded.
"Damn!"
Naruto looked confused and alarmed "THAT was Weiss?" Vincent described the man and Naruto nodded "yeap, that was him."
"Are you sure he's dead? I mean Vincent thought he died from what happened with Omega, is it possible he survived THIS as well?"
"I don't think so" Naruto grinned, "Gen's sword was aflame, it set him on fire. He was dust before we left."
Genesis made a slight noise and Naruto immediately looked at him, eyes wide "I'm sorry Gen, I didn't mean to make it look like your brother deserved to die, but it was kill or be killed. You're one of us now and we'll protect you and take care you."
"How do I know you've been telling me the truth, that it wasn't lies to help you and your offspring to escape?"
Tsunade spoke out "one thing you should know about Naruto is he has an almost in-ordinary sense of disclosure, to the point of being dangerous. His mouth runs away from him a lot of the time."
Sasuke nodded "it got that way a lot of missions were spent with giving him minimal information."
Jiriaya added despite the glare the young man was sending everyone "he also is child-like in his honesty, he doesn't seem able to lie. He can skillfully evade if your smart enough to catch it, but if you ask him an direct question he doesn't seem able to lie. It almost seems an genetic trait, his father was the same way."
"Guys!" Naruto protested "I'm not like that! At least not that bad!"
"Oh really" Tsunade snorted "who hid Kohonamaru's kunai the other day, Gaki? It was YOU wasn't it."
Naruto blushed and looked away, mumbling something under his breath. "What was that, kid?" Jiriaya added.
"I said" he took a deep breath and repeated out loud "he was pissing me off. I was hormonal, hungry and my back hurt, he's lucky I didn't stick it where the sun doesn't shine."
"Point and point" Jiriaya said smugly.
Tifa remembered when she had brought Denzel and Marlene to the building for the first time and asking Naruto who he had played a prank on, Naruto's then comment about Sasuke being an "horny Teme". She realized for the first time, of course Naruto had made such a comment, the only real adult influence he had growing up was the Third and he probably thought his behavior was 'cute', like an grandfather would. He had no adult influence in his life to teach him how to....edit his behavior or mannerisms, no one to teach him how to control what he said or even lie skillfully. By the time Iruka came along it was too late.
She expressed her thoughts out loud. "You have a point" Tsunade said, Jiriaya looking thoughtful, stroking his chin before nodding in agreement.
"So this is all real?" Genesis asked "everything he said about Mev...Mother Gaia, Aeris and us three, Sephiroth being your son" he looked at Vincent who nodded sadly "about DeepGround and brother, about our original purpose in life." When they nodded again he looked depressed "not only were WE supposed to be the gift of the goddess to the people, we tried to harm her. It's MY fault Sephiroth almost killed her with meteor, if I hadn't convinced him he was a monster..."
"You didn't convince him, Gen, he wouldn't have believed you if he didn't already have doubts, and that was all Hojo's fault. You just....echoed what that bastard had been telling him all his life. If not for him, Seph would have had a loving father and mother, an proper life and childhood, an REAL life. That bastard just manipulated and used people like they were disposal toys to play with and throw away."
Rufus frowned "I've been investigating a lot of Hojo's past dealings and discovered he had his hand in some way in nearly EVERY single thing we investigated, whether it was just funding, supplying chemicals, victims to use or even genetic material" he looked at the severely wounded man "that included Hollander's experiments and even Ghast to an extent."
"But weren't they enemies competing for funding?"
"To all those outside, yes, they were bitter rivals, but in reality they were in each others pockets."
"It explains the fact that Genesis, Angeal and Sephiroth were put together in SOLDIER instead of different departments. At that time it was said that SOLDIER and TURK were competing and enemies of sorts. If that was true and Hollander would have put Genesis and Angeal in TURK when Sephiroth was put in SOLDIER."
"First" Tseng started "that was just a rumor to keep Shinra from questioning our loyalty, TURK and SOLDIER were NOT enemies. In fact we often did favors for each other."
"Really?" Naruto looked curiously at Vincent who nodded "like what?"
"Well once Sephiroth wanted an item of his stolen found and returned without anyone else's knowledge. I had Reno investigate the people able to steal such and then break in and steal it back. In return Sephiroth allowed us to 'borrow' two SOLDIER'S for a case that would require some muscle backup more than Rude."
Tifa took the opportunity to ask "why IS Rude in TURK? I mean he seems to me more the sort of person suited to SOLDIER. No offense but all but the TURKS I've seen are suited for agility andor speed. Then you've go Rude."
Rufus grinned "I once asked the Old Man that. He told me to mind my own business."
Tseng answered however "despite Rudes' appearance he was more suited for TURK work. He has been in our department as long as I have been the head. His patience and quite way not only counterbalance Renos' wildness, but even on occasion controls it. Both are complete opposites, but as you've seen that makes them an deadly duo together."
Tifa nodded "I saw some of them fighting Yazoo and Loz, they not only held their own against two mako and Jenovah enhanced Sephiroth clones, they were actually able to rescue some of the kids while doing so."
"It would have made good business sense to have someone like Rude among the TURKS. I mean the TURKS have a certain reputation as it is as more crafty and dangerous than SOLDIER. I mean I know SOLDIER are just as dangerous, but they're more of an army, are seen more threatening as an army then individuals, even with mako enhancements. However people KNOW just to be on guard with TURKS around, even just one by itself. Couple that with Rudes' overall intimating appearance....."
The other agreed, Rufus frowning at the change of subject before getting it back on track, insisting Genesis be returned with them. The others continued to disagree, Tifa pointing out since Genesis officially died while helping Zack and Cloud, his death meant-like Zack-he was no longer SOLDIER, and by killing Weiss he was also no longer DeepGround. Since the Leaf Ninja had taken him in, that meant they had to go through Tsunade's authority to arrest or capture him.
"He killed his parents" Rufus began with Naruto interrupting "so did Itachi" then apologized to his brotherbrother in law who nodded in understanding "besides, they weren't his real parents" when Rufus opened his mouth to say something Naruto quickly added "don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's any excuse, you're just grasping at straws if you think that that will suddenly make me change my mind. All of us" he motioned around him "have done things in our life we regret" he looked intently at the other blonde "even YOU, Ru'. That regret is what makes us human."
Every person in the room, even Tifa, nodded in agreement.
"That's the difference between being human and a monster" he looked at Genesis, seemed to struggle with something internally, and spoke to him "you tried to convince everyone you three elite were monsters because you were experiments when you were conceived, but tell me Gen, even if you didn't know me or the truth, if you hadn't spoken to me, would you have killed the twins? Would you have allowed them to slaughter them just because of who my daughter is supposed to be?"
"No" Genesis instantly said "never."
"As an SOLDIER, if Shinra ordered you to kill a child, would you have obeyed? Say if during the war with Wutai if they said "we want you to go in and slaughter this entire village, every man, woman, child and baby". Would you have done it?"
"No. They are innocent, no matter who or what they are. We would never harm a child or baby, especially Angeal. If someone attacked us, we would fight, but NEVER that."
"DeepGround did" Rufus said to which Tifa interrupted "that's why Genesis isn't one of them anymore. He's SOLDIER and has an SOLDIERS' code just like Zack and Cloud. He may have forgotten that for a while, but in the end he stayed strong, even when it cost him someone he saw as a brother."
Rufus was loosing the fight and he knew it, he opened his mouth to speak when there came a sound from the closed bathroom door across from him and an vaguely familiar voice came as the door opened slightly "you are loosing the argument, Rufus Shinra, but you always were a stubborn ass."
Rufus opened his mouth wider and his eyebrows lowered in anger, about to yell at whoever it was, when they stepped out into the light of the room.
The words died in his throat.
The first he saw was an large white wing hanging limply from the figures back-the right side. The only person who had had a white wing was Angeal, but HE had blonde hair an different build and had one, not two.
He was towel drying his blonde hair-an shade darker than his own and cut around his chin and base of his head-steel blue eyes locked to his.
He wore clothes that looked like a mix of the ninja's, black ANBU pants, ninja sandles, and white shirt and an white coat over one arm similar to the one Naruto had worn when they first found him, only decorated in what looked like feathers on the back. Reeve had got him glasses to replace the broken ones and except for that he looked surprisingly like one of the ninja's themselves, especially with the muscles showing through the clothes.
Naruto grinned and handed him an comb, the blonde nodding his head to him in thanks and starting to comb his locks out, finishing by shaking them out gently to fall into place before tossing it back and turning the full force of his attention and eyes on the other blonde "I thought Shinra Inc was left in better hands than that, isn't that what you used to tell me? That Old Man Shinra wasn't ruthless enough, that YOU would take it in new angles of conquest."
Rufus' eyes widened nearly all the way at this. He moved closer and looked closer at him. His voice was soft-an almost squeak-when he managed to force it out "Lazard?" then louder as he realized his eyes weren't seeing wrong "brother?!"
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